How to Profit From the Fiscal Cliff

You can use options to ride the market surge as traders anticipate a deal between Congress and the White House.

The options market is starting to bristle with trades anticipating that the economy will not go over the fiscal cliff.

Traders are looking for opportunities to put up the least amount of money, but earn big profits, amid bank prognostications that an interim fiscal cliff plan emerges by Friday, and a more complete plan by Dec. 31.